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Political finance law reforms will reduce big money in politics, but will rich donors be the ultimate winners?

Political funding in Australia has long been shrouded in secrecy. It is also dominated by large donations and unrestrained spending, courtesy of laissez-faire federal political finance laws.

The Conversation

OPINION - Why our fight against Lutfur Rahman for LTNs in Tower Hamlets matters

This week, the High Court will examine Tower Hamlets council's decision to spend £2.5 million removing the low traffic schemes that have transformed parts of Bethnal Green and Shoreditch. I got involved in the campaign to save these schemes because I've witnessed first-hand how they've changed our community for the…

Evening Standard

Woman feared she and husband were going to be killed, shooting trial told

Finlay MacDonald, 41, is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh where he is accused of murder and attempted murder.

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Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman faces High Court battle over bid to axe LTNs

Campaigners say ruling could be landmark for other car-reduction schemes across the capital

Evening Standard

Another rushed migration bill would give the government sweeping powers to deport potentially thousands of people

The Albanese government is looking to introduce laws that would give it unprecedented powers to forcibly remove non-citizens from Australia. The newly introduced Migration Amendment Bill, expected to be debated in parliament this week, would:

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Cruel twist as ankle bracelet strapped back on refugee

An ankle monitor removed from an Afghan refugee has been reattached by officials despite the High Court ruling such visa measures to be punitive.

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Assisted dying Bill lacks safeguards and could lead to secret hearings, warns retired High Court judge

There should be no room for secrecy or concealment in assisted dying applications, Sir James Munby warned

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Wagatha Christie timeline: How the Vardy v Rooney libel battle played out

How did it all unfold? With Coleen Rooney set to go into the I’m A Celebrity jungle, we explain

Evening Standard

Caravan salesman responds to allegations in £23K dispute

This story follows on from our exclusive joint publication with The Impartial Reporter, revealing how one couple's dream caravan purchase became a…

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Scottish couple’s dream caravan purchase ends in nightmare

A Scottish couple, hoping to secure their dream caravan from a Fermanagh car dealer, instead lost their life savings in a transaction that quickly…

The National (Scotland)

Visa cancellations grow tenfold in last decade: study

Nearly 1000 people are held in Australia's immigration detention centres because of visa cancellation rates increasing by 10 times in the last 10 years.

AAP

‘Like throwing your child to the lions’: Class action challenges detention of South Sudanese refugees

‘There is a lot of sanitisation of what immigration detention means, but the reality … has a devastating and generational impact on people and their families and communities.’

Crikey

Conor McGregor claims woman who alleges he raped her is ‘full of lies’

Conor McGregor gave evidence to the High Court.

Evening Standard

Man on trial accused of murdering brother-in-law in Skye shooting spree

Findlay MacDonald, 41, denies murder and attempted murder at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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Work colleague ‘surprised’ to learn Conor McGregor rape accuser was assaulted

Mr McGregor is facing an accusation in the civil action that he ‘brutally raped and battered’ Nikita Hand.

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High Court rejects church's liability for child abuse

A ruling by the High Court has decided the Catholic Church is not liable for the sexual abuse of a young boy by one of its priests more than 50 years ago.

AAP

High Court lets Indigenous woman pursue abuse damages

The High Court has ruled an Aboriginal woman can pursue damages on some allegations of historical sexual and physical abuse while in state care in Queensland.

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High Court limits church liability for child abuse

The High Court has found a Catholic diocese in regional Victoria is not liable for the sexual abuse of a young boy by a priest over 50 years ago.

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Bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill ‘is safest choice’, argues MP

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater insists her new law offers ‘strictest safeguards’ in world as it is set to be published

AAP

Man thrown lifeline backs whistleblower in court battle

A former tax official who blew the lid on heavy-handed debt recovery tactics has suffered a major legal blow in his fight for whistleblower protection.

Crikey

Lessons from Trump give Dutton a path to victory next year

Peter Dutton already knows linking migration and inflation is electorally potent. Trump’s victory will only confirm its power.

The Independent UK

Conor McGregor rape accuser was ‘afraid for her life’ after leaving Dublin hotel

The woman claims Mr McGregor pinned her to a bed and raped her in a hotel bedroom

AAP

'Don't want them in Australia': ex-detainee crack down

Australia is pressing ahead with its hardline approach to former immigration detainees, seeking to pay third-party countries to take in members of the cohort.

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Government to introduce urgent legislation after High Court strikes down law to monitor former immigration detainees

The High Court has struck down the Albanese government’s law enabling it to impose ankle bracelets and curfews on the more than 200 non-citizens it released from immigration detention in 2023 after an earlier decision by the court.

Evening Standard

Woman who accuses Conor McGregor of rape thought he was ‘going to kill her’

Nikita Ni Laimhin, who is also known as Nikita Hand, is claiming civil damages against the mixed martial arts fighter and another man.

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